{"product_id":"secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2890","title":"Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2890","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2890\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSerious literary fiction with real international range — twenty-one novels that take the form seriously, from a Costa Prize winner to Nadine Gordimer and Michael Chabon, via a remarkable number of Australian writers doing their best work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDay — A.L. Kennedy — the 2007 Costa Book of the Year, a profound and formally daring novel of a World War II rear gunner and the life that didn't happen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Loud Earth — Elizabeth Murray — a lyrical and emotionally resonant novel from a Scottish writer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFinal Things: Three Novellas — John Sligo — three linked novellas of New Zealand life and the weight of the ordinary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eI Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere — Anna Gavalda — the international bestseller, a collection of short stories about love, loneliness, and the moments that define us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLonging: A Novel of Love and War — Gunnar Kopperud — a Norwegian novel of two people reaching across the distance of war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eYoung Philby — Robert Littell — a novelised account of Kim Philby's early years as a spy, by a master of the espionage novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Deep Field — James Bradley — an Australian novel of love, obsession, and the unknowable distance between people.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCaroline: A Mystery — Cornelius Medvei — a quiet, strange, and utterly original English novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe End of a Primitive — Chester Himes — one of the most uncompromising and incendiary novels from the great African-American crime and literary writer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Age of Fibs: Stories, Memoir, Microlit, New \u0026amp; Selected — Beth Spencer — a collected gathering from one of Australian fiction's sharpest and most experimental voices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTiggie Tompson: All at Sea — Tessa Duder — from the acclaimed author of Alex, a novel from one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers for adults and children.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Dubious Legacy — Mary Wesley — Wesley at her mordant best, with a house full of secrets and a marriage nobody quite understands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Lost Life — Steven Carroll — a Miles Franklin Award-winning Australian novelist explores a summer that changed everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePinkerton's Sister — Peter Rushforth — described as \"unforgettable\" by A.S. Byatt, a bold and richly layered literary novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWorst Fears — Fay Weldon — a widow discovers in the week after her husband's death that she knew nothing about his life. Fay Weldon at her most ruthless.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWartime Lies — Louis Begley — the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel of a Jewish boy surviving occupied Poland under an assumed identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Lonely Margins of the Sea — Shonagh Koea — a New Zealand novel of solitude, loss, and the small fierce dignities of a life lived alone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Hunger — Ross Raisin — Raisin's novel of desire and its discontents, taut and unsettling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eNone to Accompany Me — Nadine Gordimer — post-apartheid South Africa and a woman reassessing her life: Gordimer's Nobel Prize era at its most searching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTelegraph Avenue — Michael Chabon — a vast, generous, jazz-soaked novel of two record stores, two families, and the changing face of Oakland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSmall Hours — Bobby Palmer — from the author of Isaac and the Egg, a novel of grief, love, and the very small hours of the night.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49028830036187,"sku":"SP2890","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2890.jpg?v=1785136061","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2890","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}